Regulation Asia

Peter Guy, Regulation Asia

Peter Guy is an award winning financial journalist. His analysis and coverage includes capital markets, private banking and asset management. He is also involved in editorial strategy and production, and additionally provides his investigative and analytical expertise to help shape event themes and agendas. Peter is also an opinion columnist for the SCMP. [email protected]

Posts By Peter Guy, Regulation Asia

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Border Cash Declarations Won’t Halt HK Money Laundering
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia February 19, 2018
For the first time, visitors to Hong Kong will soon have to declare cash they bring in. But money laundering will continue to flourish.
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HKMA Virtual Bank Rules – Dull, Timid Bureaucracy
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia February 12, 2018
Proposed virtual banks rules fail to address the true future of financial services, risking Hong Kong’s descent into irrelevancy.
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Cryptocurrency – You Can’t Kill an Idea
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia February 5, 2018
Once in a while capitalism must be rescued from the excesses of bankers and central banks. Governments can’t kill ideas, but it takes them a long time for them to concede or adapt.
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Banks’ Fintech Reluctance Leaves Market Share Up for Grabs
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia January 31, 2018
Despite technological improvement and innovation, FIs are still not embracing fintech, and start-ups are finding it harder than expected to gain traction.
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Banks Will Struggle if Prop Trading is Reintroduced
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia January 22, 2018
US banks lobbied hard for a rollback of the Volcker Rule and a return to proprietary trading to bolster profits. They will soon find that it’s now a different world.
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The Return of ‘Super Alpha’ and Regulatory Arbitrage
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia January 15, 2018
The return of SAC Capital’s founder with a new venture reveals the complicated ethics of a post financial crisis world.
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MiFID II – Just the Start of a Perfect Storm for Research
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia January 8, 2018
The unbundling of research costs will not only create more transparency but usher in a collapse and change in banking research.
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Feeding the Bitcoin Bubble
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia December 18, 2017
The start of bitcoin futures may increase speculation and international regulatory risks as countries rein in credit.
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Regulation and China’s Growing Debt Mountain
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia December 11, 2017
The recent collapse of OBOR deals shows how inadequate financial regulation is starting to impact international transactions.
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MiFID II – Banks Struggle to Survive the Transparency
Peter Guy, Regulation Asia December 6, 2017
Liquidity requires symmetric information, which is easiest to achieve when everyone is ignorant.